what will people think?¿qué va a pensar la gente?;they stole from people's housesrobaban las casas de la gente

I wish people wouldn't do that

the place was full of peopleel local estaba lleno de gente

they're not very nice peopleI found myself surrounded by peopleI don't think people should make promises they don't mean to keepI think people got rather boredpeople are beginning to panic

country peoplela gente del campo

country people move to the city all the timethe country people fared better than those living in the cities, and who were dependent upon the marketthey were just like my kinfolk, just country people

I like the people herela gente de aquí me cae bien

here people quarrel a lotaquí se riñe mucho

they don't mix much with the local peopleno se tratan mucho con la gente del lugar

what a lot of people!¡cuánta gente!

old peoplelos ancianos;la gente mayor

the old people did not want to leave the villageold people tend to be more forgetfulthe infamous massacre of 300 Indian women, children and old people at Wounded Knee

people say that ...dicen que ...;la gente dice que ...

young peoplelos jóvenes;la gente joven

(persons, individuals)personas (f)

20 people20 personas;millions of peoplemillones (m) de personas;people are more important than animalslas personas son más importantes que los animales

millions of people have lost their homes

how many people are there in your family?¿cuántos sois en tu familia?

there were 120 people at the lecture/few people have been more famous for spending money/ and living life to the full than Elton Johnhundreds of people died in the clashesshe repeated urgent advice that /all people outside the disaster area/ should stay where they weresenior people in the BBCa policy aimed at helping small business peoplethe amount of foreign travel expected of business people and politicians is excessive

he got a knighthood, him of all people!le han nombrado sir, ¡precisamente a él!

you of all people should understandtú deberías entenderlo mejor que nadie

the contribution which Black people have made to the development of Christianity throughout the agesit also led many white Americans to believe that black people have achieved equalitythe majority of [British] people

Madrid has over four million peopleMadrid tiene más de cuatro millones de habitantes;the people of Londonlos habitantes de Londres;los londinenses;the people of Angolalos habitantes or la gente de Angola;the people of this country are fed upla gente de este país está harta;a leader who will serve the country and its peopleun líder al servicio del país y de su gente

[Liverpool] people are friendly

(citizens, public)pueblo (m)

the peopleel pueblo;the will of the peoplela voluntad popular or del pueblo

the minister must tell the people the trutha tremendous rift between the people and their leadershipI don't think MPs really represent the people as such

a people's [war]the mobilization of the Chinese masses in a People's War, using weight of numbers and guerrilla tactics in place of a modern, professional army

to go to the peopleconsultar la opinión popular

you've got to pass the election test - go to the people and see if you can be real politicians who really rely on popular sovereigntythey decided to go to the people on the issue of abortionYeltsin has been asking to go to the people on a vote of confidence in himselfhe's threatened to go to the people with a referendum

Europeans who plundered the wealth and peoples of the New Worldthe native peoples of Central and South AmericaI am ready to die for [my] people

verbo transitivo

poblar

deserts peopled by nomadic tribesI pass through isolated villages, peopled almost entirely by the oldthe ordinances of 1785 and 1787 sought to people the territories as soon as possible

the country is peopled by nomadsel país está poblado or habitado por nómadas;his novels are peopled with outlandish characterssus novelas están pobladas de personajes extravagantes

he felt the world was peopled with timid foolsa vision of /a future peopled by bands of looters/his days are peopled with the ghosts of the pastthe village seemed to be entirely peopled with men and women in blue Mao suitsI can think of nothing worse than a world peopled by Samantha Fox and Arnold Schwarzenegger lookalikesBritish history of the 19th Century is peopled by energetic reformersother people had the gift of peopling their lives with friends and colleaguesthe basic character types which have peopled his fiction to datehe wanted to show his readers that the past was peopled by flesh and blood human beings very like themselves